Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed its readiness to embark on another round of industrial action following what it called government’s unfaithfulness in implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) it signed with the union upon which the last strike action was suspended.

ASUU national president, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, who stated this after its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting at University of Abuja on the 13th and 14th November, 2021 said governments should be held responsible if they fail to address the issues within three weeks.

The union lamented that despite its meeting with the minister of labour and employment, Dr Chris Ngige on 14th October, 2021, on the major outstanding issues including funding for revitalisation of public universities, earned academic allowances, University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS) promotion arrears, renegotiation of 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement, and the inconsistencies in IPPIS payment, the issues are still lingering.

Osodeke said, “ASUU is fully committed to upholding academic integrity in our universities and working to make them more globally competitive. We are equally committed to promoting industrial harmony in the Nigerian University System for as long as all stakeholders are willing and committed to play their parts.

“We call on all vice-chancellors, as the main drivers of the system, to join us in this mission to safeguard the waning image of our universities. They have no business trading honourary degrees and academic positions for personal and immediate gains; thereby smearing the collective integrity of committed scholars and other patriots who are working day and night to uplift the system that produced them.

“Our union shall not shy away from taking the fight to administrators of Nigerian universities as well as internal and external agents who are bent on compromising the standard ASUU has consistently laboured to protect and improve.

“Finally, we call on all patriotic Nigerians and lovers of Nigeria to prevail on the federal and state governments to act fast to prevent another round of industrial crisis in Nigeria’s public universities.

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Source: https://leadership.ng/ASUU-threatens-fresh-strike-gives-federal-govt-3-week-ultimatum/

ASUU and strike are 5 and 6.
No longer strange news.
FG should resolve all issues once and for all
Emergency should be declared on the education sector and a total review of the system be carried out.